Maine and Nevada Show Why the Electoral College Helps Small States, Not Red State

Plus: Socialism 101: Myths and Realities

Jul 22, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where Democrats hope to gain fresh ammo against President Trump from former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday before two House committees. Meanwhile, let Fred Lucas tell you more about the son of a conservative icon who is the president's choice to be labor secretary. America's achievement in space still resonates in faraway Ukraine, Nolan Peterson reports. Anti-communist educator Chris Wright talks socialism on the podcast. Plus: Hans von Spakovsky on the Electoral College and small states, Romina Boccia on a way out of crippling national debt, and Tom Spoehr on defense priorities.     Commentary Maine and Nevada Show Why the Electoral College Helps Small States, Not Red States States are agreeing to ignore what the majority of voters in their state decides when it comes to who they believe should be president. More Analysis Socialism 101: Myths and Realities "One of our speakers is from Czechoslovakia … [he] says … in communist Czechoslovakia, if you're not stealing from the state, you are robbing from your own family. That's how inherently corrupting a socialist system is," says the president of the Anticommunism Action Team. More Commentary The Debt Is Mounting. Here's How to Rescue Our Children's Future. Our national debt averages $67,000 for every single American. If you're a family of three, that's over $200,000. And just like the credit card bill you get at the end of the month, this bill is coming due. More News 3 Things to Know About Eugene Scalia, Trump's Pick for Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia—former solicitor for the Labor Department and now a partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher—is the second-oldest son of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. More Special Feature The 'Spirit of Apollo' Inspires a New Generation of Ukrainian Spaceflight Pioneers Veterans of Ukraine's Soviet-legacy space program retain a sense of admiration for what America's Apollo moon program was able to accomplish in so little time. "I just don't understand how America did it," says Alexsandr Bobrov, a 26-year veteran of Yuzhmash, Ukraine's national spacecraft manufacturing firm. More Commentary Cartoon: One Small Step for Man The latest weekly cartoon from The Daily Signal's Michael Ramirez. More Commentary Global Threats Make US Defense Spending an Urgent Priority A new commission concludes, "America is very near the point of strategic insolvency, where its 'means' are badly out of alignment with its ends." More Commentary We Hear You: What American Socialists Say They Want "These are cowardly, pampered whiners who have reaped all the benefits of a free, capitalistic society but have taken it all for granted and are now offended by it. I doubt any of these spoiled malcontents ever had to support themselves, let alone a family," writes Drew Page. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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